Board Thread:Pokémon Help/@comment-31398341-20171026040947/@comment-31398341-20171214154548

Jovanmilic97 wrote: Thanks for this amazing thread! Is it just me or A Marowak is so underrated? Almost no one uses it in PBB.

Any possible opinions on Blastoise/Mega Blastoise?

I tried to pitch Alolan Sandslash, but I just cant. Yeah, it has some useful resistances, OK attack and good defense stat. But we come to the speed. Horrible speed in a speedy metagame of Greninja, Marshadow, Shaymin Sky, Aerodactyl, Beedrill and more(even this one can try to kill it with Brick Break as coverage). Problem is that Focus Blast/Earthquake are extremely common, and Special defense is...well. It has sort of niche paired with A Ninetales in Slush Rush ability.but that is it. I think it is due to the fact that Flare Blitz should be used with Rock Head, which is a hidden ability, and Lightning Rod should be used in conjunction with Fire Punch, which is unreleased (tutor move).

My opinion on Mega Blastoise? Well, it is a decent bulky offensive Pokemon with a useful niche in Rapid Spin. Its movepool is also relatively good. Offensively, it is enhanced by its ability to boost Dark Pulse. Therefore, it is like Water and Dark STABs. However, it consumes Mega slot and faces competition with other special attackers, rapid spinners and water types in the meta. Greninja and Ash-Greninja are better offensively due to speed, movepool, and Protean in regular Greninja's case. M-Blastoise also faces competition with Starmie in Rapid Spin category, as it does not consume Mega slot, has better speed, damage output and movepool. And also does not have a useful Fairy type like Primarina.

I would say it is a C rank material. Usable, but must be played on to its real strengths, otherwise use better water types.

For Alola Sandslash thing, Hail has never been born in PBB meta, so yeah. Ice typing does no favors either.